The Shale Game: Inside the shale

See how the drilling and fracking process works, get up close to a well pad, view drilling activity in Pennsylvania and see the location of shale deposits across the United States.

 

                                                     

 

 

More information:

Penn State’s guide to water and natural gas drilling

Gas development in Bradford County

Leasing information from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

Blog from the University of Pittsburgh’s graduate school of public health

Stronger’s review of gas drilling regulations in Pennsylvania

Marcellus Shale Coalition, an industry group

Pennsylvania Land Trust’s report on gas driller violations (pdf link)

Committee of Seventy’s Marcellus Shale explainer

 

 

 

 

Visit a well pad in Bradford County where gas drilling will soon begin. Mark Madden, a Penn State Extension Officer, shows us his family’s leased land. (Video by Kerry Grens. Edited by Kimberly Paynter)

 

 

Active marcellus shale wells in Pennsylvania. Click on a point to view information about individual wells. [Source: PA DEP]